U.S. Navy Festivals of Lights

The U.S. Navy has a rich history full of traditions. One of them is the annual Festival of Lights in which Sailors get into the holiday spirit and decorate their ships.

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USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), moored pierside in her homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, participates in the annual Pearl Harbor Festival of Lights, Dec. 17. The guided missile destroyer was named after Lt. (SEAL) Michael Murphy, a Medal of Honor awardee who was killed in action in heavy fighting in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan in June 2005. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Joshua Flanagan/RELEASED)

An F/A-18 Hornet is bathed in red and green lights as the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) displays holiday lighting while moored at its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk, Dec. 20. The ship was decorated as part of Naval Station Norfolk’s annual holiday celebration. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Edward Guttierrez III/RELEASED)